blockage

名词 n.
/ˈblɒkɪd͡ʒ/|[ˈblɒkɪd͡ʒ]    /ˈblɑkɪd͡ʒ/|[ˈblɑkɪd͡ʒ]|/ˈblɔkɪd͡ʒ/|[ˈblɔkɪd͡ʒ]

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The state or condition of being blocked. countable,uncountable
    — Only when one has seen a Control Office at first-hand does one realise the vast amount of unsparing but largely unsung work that is behind the eventual publication, perhaps, of a paragraph in this journal's "Motive Power Miscellany" recording the appearance, within hours of the complete blockage of a main line, of many of its trains, passenger and freight, on routes quite foreign to them; and of effective emergency services either side of the disaster area.
  2. The thing that is the cause of such a state, blocking a passage. countable
    — There was a blockage in the sewer, so we called out the plumber.
  3. Occlusion of a lumen (especially that of a blood vessel or intestine), or the thing that is causing it; as:; Synonym of thrombosis, thromboembolism, or embolism. countable,uncountable
    — Blockage of circulation quickly leads to ischemia.
  4. Occlusion of a lumen (especially that of a blood vessel or intestine), or the thing that is causing it; as:; Synonym of constipation (“impairment of feces passage”). countable,uncountable

词形变化

blockages plural

词源

Etymology tree
English block
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-tós
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos
Proto-Italic *-ātos
Latin -ātus
Proto-Indo-European *-ikos
Proto-Italic *-ikos
Latin -icus
Latin -āticus
Latin -āticum
Old French -agebor.
Middle English -age
English -age
English blockage
From block + -age.
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